There was an outbreak of chiasmus in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, with this comment coming from David McLetchie: “Wouldn't it be ironic if … the criminals can be smokers but the smokers will become criminals?”Very clever. Of such stuff preachers are made and preachers make stuff of.

That last blog entry about the Election is an example of an apophatic blog entry. Not many of them about in the blogsphere.

I'd just like you to note how good I am being at not blogging anything about the Episcopal Election in this diocese.Lead us not into temptation.

I know that this is a bit geeky, but I do want to recognise the significance of the Firefox launch today.I'm using Firefox rather than Internet Explorer for almost all my web-browsing now and I recommend it wholeheartedly.

Back to Glasgow last night – to the Episcopal Cathedral for the second time in a weekend. This time it was to go to the launch of a new collection of music from the Iona Community. Well, actually, it was a collection of quite old music from the Iona Community, but stuff that has not…

I've been tinkering with a couple of the entries in the Wikipedia, notably the o­ne about the Scottish Episcopal Church. This would be more fun if others joined in. What are you waiting for? [For those not in the know, the Wikipedia is an o­n-line encyclopedia which can be edited by all its users. It…

O say, does that star-spangled banner still wave, O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

This would have made a good verbatim for discussion o­n the Masters course I took at New College. It has everything: self-image, body-modification, presuppositions about the church and clergy, euphemism and managing change.Angela-the-Hairdresser:  So, just the same cut as last time. Short and sensible?Self:  How about something a bit more funky – some people have…

Another invitation comes in to go and speak to the people of Glasgow about sex – this time from the museum service, of all places. It is the third such invitation this month. The people of that city are insatiable.They will have to make do with the contribution that I'm making at the Episcopal Cathedral…